Telegram-herald., 1887-09-26


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shsy ksep tbsir Pztisaes. assd tnsir esoTsge,
as1a their CHRISTIAN eoesistsaey. sai sfs<f
whils shssr knxa Il success Iii cssas. TAs
owners of tha bi< business I'll de and teeif
boys vii zs6 possessla<z Of the business. and
with cigar iD thsir noufh. AMI fa1A - tha
chin with shs heat Iigaor. aH.z s~htspt = pair
81 spanking bays they WI pas eysrythinz
ga shs tarnplks roasi - temporal aad eternal
psrlltson. Then the basinesz wiu break ep,
aad tsas snsafier dealers wlI have fair opnor-
tuaity Or the spirit Of esnteHz1aeut and
right feeling viii take possession Il tae
large firm. ss rscsntly Ia the case Of
A A Low & ca. and the trm VII
say. We have ssoagh nlsR@y for al cur
nee.is an1 Ihe needs Il cur children, now. let
as Dissolve business and make ~aY for other
men ia the same Hae" Instead II being
startled At a solitary Instance Of magnsnins-
ity, az in the case iass mentioned, it viii BE-
come a common thing know Of scores Of
great business houses thatghave had their OPP
portunity Of vast accumulation. and whs
oneas 70 quit. But perhaps for all the days
Of this gensrati0n the struggle q small houses
% keep alive under the overshadowing pres
sure Of great houses viii continue: therefore,
taking things as they are. you VIII bs wise 20
preserve yossr equilibrium. and your honesty,
and your faith, and throw over ali the coan-
ters, and shelves. and barrels, and hozsheads,
and cotton bales, and rice casks, the measar-
ing line Of divine right. "And the Lord said
unto me, Amos. what seess thoai And l
aid, piumb line"
In the same way we need 70 measure our
theologies All sorts OF religions are putting
forth their pretensions. Some have a spirit
ualistic religion, and their chief work IS with
ghosts. and otesrs a religion Of political econ
omy. proposing 70 put an end 20 human mis-
cry By q new style Of taxation, and there IS a
humanitarian religion that looks after the
body cf men and lets the soul look after Itself,
and there Is legislative religion that pro-
poses % rectify all wrongs by enactment OF
better laws. and there IS an aesthetic religion
that by rules Of exquisite taste would ift the
heart out Of It's deformities, and religions Of
al sorts, religions by the peck, religions
BY the square foot, and religions by
the ton-all Of them devices OF the devil that
would take the heart away from the only re-
ligion that will ever effect anything for'the
human race, and that IS the straight up and
down religion written in the book. which be-
gins with Genesis ani ends with Revelation,
the reliz zion Of the skies, the old religion. the
God given religion. the everlasting religion,
which says. .Iovs God above all and your
neighbor as yourself" All religions but this
one begin at the wrong end and in she wrong
place The Bible religion demands that
we first get right with God. IL be-
gins at the top and measures down, while
the ether religions begin at the bottom and
try to MEASURE up They stand a. he foot
Of the wall up 70 their knees in the mud of
human theory and speculation, and have
plummet and . string tied fast TO il. And
they throw the plummet this way, and break
a hssd there and throw the plumr1et
another way and break a head there. and
thsn they throw IL up, and 1t comes down
upon their own pate. Fooss Why will
you stand ut the foot Of the wall measur-
ing up when you ought TO stand at
the top measuring downi A few days ago
was IN the country, thirsty nfter
long walk. Ard came in, and my
child was blowing soap bubbles. and
they rolled out ~ the cup, blues and gold,
and green, and sparkling, and beautiful. and
oreicalar, and in 80 small space neversaw
more spIendor concentrated. But she blew
once too often and all the glory vanished into
nidx Then I turned and took glass of
plain water and was refreshed And so far
as soul thirst is concerned, put against oil
the glowing, giittering soap bubbles Of
worldly reform and human speculation one
drauzht from the fountain from under the
throne of God, clear as crystal. Glory TO
God for the religion that drops from above,
not coming up from beneath ~And the Lord
said unto me. Amos, what seest thoui and /
said. A plumb linz
fwsut you TO notice thik TACT, that when a
man gives MP the straight up and down re-
Rgion in the Bible for any new tangled reiig-
iou, it Is generally To suit his sins. You first
hear Of bis change Of religion. and then you
bear Of some swindle he has practiced in Col
erado mining stock, telling some oneif he viii
put in So 600 he can take out 100000, or he
has sacrificed his chastity, or plunged into ir-
remeiiabe worldliress. bis sins are 80 broad
be has 70 broaden bis religion. and he becomes
"a broad as temptation. as broad as the
soui's darkness. as broad as bell They
want religion that viii allow them TO keep
their sins, and theE at death say TO them:
aweii done. good ard faithful servant" and
tells them. All il well. for there IS no hell
What a glorious hesven they bold before usl
Come. Iet Us 20 in ard see it. There i Herod
AMI al toe babes b mastered There Ia
Charles Guitsau. ard Jim Fisk. and Robes
pierre. the friend o; she French guillotine,
and all the liars. thieves, house burners, gar
rioters. pickurckets md libertines Of all the
centuries. They have al g0s crowns. and
thrones. snd harps. and scepters. ard when
they chant they sirg: Thanksgiving. ard
honor. and glory. AMI power 70 the broad re-
lixiou that let rs all into heaven without re-
pentance and faith ia those disgrscefal dog
mas of ecclesiastical old fogyisIn.
Nv text gives ne grand opportunity of
saving useful word 70 All Young men who
are nov forming hshits for lifetime. OF
what use =, stonerssSou or a brickIsver is a
plumb Buef why ROT build the wall hy the
unai.ied eve srd hanil Becaase they are in
sufficient. hecsuss Il there Be detection in
th@ wall is cannot further On he corrected.
Because hy he lsw of zravitation q wall
r,usf "a straixht in order e be symmetrical
ssssi safe. A young man Is IN danger of
getting ie<ecs IN his wsu of character that
nav rever ~ cnrr@ctei One ~ the best
friends evsr had died 81 teiirfua trenaeas
A. ~ yesrz - sxe, thoueh BE had ret since
q years - axe-hefnre vhicb he lad besn
aisStrate,s--tesrchesi intoxicstirS Ias1cr ant1
shas particular cSr,usss thss took hsm ~
Net feeling ~pl3 IA a strs~t en- bet summer
dev ke stspped isto = drug store. iast a. yca
asss won1d ks~a sisae. and ssxei fer aase
~ Something - nsaie hiu feei better Ard
tksrs vas aieohn4 IN ths dose. Ard
tsat ore srse srouzed tae old sppe-
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